Sanjukta Mukti Fouj

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AbbreviationSMF
FormationMarch 16, 1996
Legal statusOutlawed
Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
AbbreviationSMF
FormationMarch 16, 1996
TypeGuerrilla
Legal statusOutlawed
Location
Region served
Assam
Official language
Assamese, English
Parent organization
ULFA

Sanjukta Mukti Fouj (SMF) (Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি ফৌজ) is the military wing of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam, India. It was formed on March 16, 1996, and it has three full-fledged battalions – the 7th, 28th and 709th with allocated spheres of operation in HQ- Sukhni, Tinsukia/Dibrugarh and Kalikhota respectively.[1][2][3] The rest of the battalions are said to exist only on papers.[2]

This is a list of the battalions along with their allocated operation spheres.[2]

Name Led by Company Spheres of Operation
7th Battalion

Tapan Baruah

HQ - Sukhni
8th Battalion Nagaon
Morigaon
Karbi Anglong
9th Battalion Golaghat
Jorhat
Sibsagar
11th Battalion Kamrup
Nalbari
27th Battalion Pradip Gohain Barpeta
Bongaigaon
Kokrajhar
28th Battalion Tapan Baruah
Mrinal Hazarika
Prabal Neog
Bijay Chinese
Alpha, Bravo & Charlie Tinsukia
Dibrugarh
Sivasagar
109th Battalion Laleswar Rabha

Gulit Das

Drishti Rajkhowa

709th Battalion Heera Saraniya Kalikhola

Ceasefire of 28th Battalion

On June 24, 2008, the A and C companies of ULFA's 28th battalion offered unilateral ceasefire and renamed themselves as “ULFA (Pro-Talk)”. This battalion is considered as the backbone of the outfit.[4][5]

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